IMPORTANT MINING DEVELOPMENTS
IN WESTLAND. Evidence that considerable attention is being turned, to. gold-miping is. being manifested.. in various districts -of late, ' and ; nrffcur^llyi. Westland, p so highly mineralised is not any exception. . ’. , . ,■ ■ • .... ■
It is pleasing to. learn that, yesterday', ; on ibehalf ; of- an; .Otago:syndicate :the, whole of Ro?s Flat equql ,to~some 200 acres of auriferous aground;- was pegged off ,and is to , foe .on a new system, to that, previously adopted- Ro ss Elat has ,borne a,,reputation i always for its . gold bearing deposits, some of lyjiich ; proved of value, while it was known deeper leads lived below. Pumping has • been a problem always, there being considerable water to deal with. The Syndicate ;which is taking up the area, .is j familiar with the history of : vßibss . Flat, and- understands its. special ; features.,- It. may be expected, therefore, that important developments will follow the initiation of mining operations in tlie southern 1 - Borough < which ;has .prospects* of ing into its .own, agap,.;as an import- , ant producer of gold. 1; The property is all situated. within the ar;ea ,of the Borough of Ross, , and the activity shown has had an influence .already on the value of local businesses' and town sections.-: v
Tlie applications for the necessary mining ; privileges, were> v . teriioon by Messrs Park arid ■ Murdoch, acting for the Syndicate, »\ . ! To-dtiy prospecting by boring ;=was started at Piper sr Flat in the vicinity of'the Old Wheel of Fortune Claim, which in times past gave good returns. It is, believed if jdie did. leads test out satisfactorily .the Modality,.will be worked by improved methods.
Dredging areats at both Humphreys and along the sea beach between Oemoerua and , Waikukupu:; , cr&pks, south of the Five 1 Mile creek, near Okarito, have a,lso,'been taken up, arid iprospecting 'operations are 'likely;-to begin in the, new year. These' activities/all point "to a certain: revival'in mining operations in' 'Westland in;ihe near future.' A
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